Longevity: Starting From Getting Down The Mountain And Marrying A Wife

In the Immortal Martial Continent, the primary condition for establishing a cultivation family is: spiritual veins!

For a family to exist for a long time, there must be a continuous supply of resources. Spiritual veins are the fundamental basis for survival.

Only families with spiritual veins can be considered true cultivation families and be recognized by others. Otherwise, they will be short-lived and insignificant.

However, finding a spiritual vein is not an easy task.

Famous rivers and beautiful lakes are mostly occupied by powerful sects and families, who also control numerous spiritual veins.

For newly established cultivation families, they can only explore untamed lands.

These untamed lands are filled with demonic beasts, poisonous swamps, and islands guarded by sea monsters. Exploring them is a grand and dangerous process.

Many major sects and families have perished in this process, not to mention the few people who gather to establish a family.

Therefore, as history evolves and dynasties change, another way of creating cultivation families has emerged - attaching themselves to powerful sects and families.

This is the path chosen by many Qi Refining families today.

As long as there are three or more descendants in the family who become cultivators, they can seek spiritual veins from the major sects and thrive.

Yang Yanqing is at the peak of Qi Refining Stage Eight, his wife is at Qi Refining Stage Six, and their twin children also have spiritual roots and have entered cultivation.

But they still lack one cultivator among their descendants.

Even if they have enough people, the major sects may not necessarily take notice of them. This situation is common, as major sects naturally choose to attach themselves to more powerful subordinate forces to avoid unstable contributions and losses.

Li Henian shook his head, "It's not about spiritual veins. It seems that Yang Yanqing has made connections with the Zhou family in Baiye City in recent years. And from what I heard, he is confident about establishing a family within ten years. As for the number of people, I haven't figured out the specifics."

"Zhou family..." Zhong Yan pondered. The Zhou family is a Foundation Building cultivation family with a late-stage Foundation Building ancestor, and their strength is remarkable.

Li Henian sighed, envy evident in his eyes. "If they succeed, Yang Yanqing's dream of reaching Foundation Building won't be just a fantasy anymore."

Zhong Yan nodded and said, "During the banquet, I heard that the Fang family in Wangyi City has also established a family. The Fire Cloud Sect provided them with a Rank Two spiritual vein and supported them with twenty thousand spiritual stones!"

"I know! I'm so jealous!" Li Henian slapped the table, looking distressed. "Fang Huai is really lucky. His cultivation level is similar to mine, but now he has obtained the pass to Foundation Building. It's almost certain. Well, who let him have a good daughter and caught the attention of the elder from Fire Cloud Sect!"

"Do you know him, brother?" Zhong Yan chuckled, feeling envious as well. Foundation Building, which cultivator wouldn't want that? It's the first threshold to immortality.

"How could I not know him! He once asked me for spiritual stones when he was down and out!"

"It's good to have that kind of relationship. It will be convenient in the future."

Li Henian rolled his eyes. "I didn't lend him any at that time! Who could have expected this outcome!"

"Hahaha..." Zhong Yan burst into laughter.

After a pleasant conversation, Li Henian stayed for lunch.

During the meal, Li Henian learned that Zhong Yan had traded talismans. He said, "In that case, you can sell the talismans to the cultivators in the city in the future. You may earn less, but it's safer and more reliable."

"I also thought of that, little brother."

Although they said that, Zhong Yan knew that he still had to go to the Sun Spring Market to trade every time he finished making talismans.

After all, Rank One talismans are only suitable for early Qi Refining stage cultivators, and the city's consumption is not that high. Moreover, his speed in making talismans has increased, and it will be even faster in the future.

Before leaving, Li Henian glanced at Jiang Ping and said with a smile, "Brother, you need to work harder. It has been some time since my sister-in-law entered the door, but there is no sign of a baby yet. Having more children increases the chances! I have accumulated enough, so I plan to have more children in the future!"

Then he changed the topic, "By the way, have you thought about what industry to invest in?"

"There's no rush for that. I'll talk to my brother when there's a need."

Zhong Yan didn't plan to have children for the time being, so he didn't think it was necessary. The Lord's Mansion provides a monthly salary of thirty taels of silver. Based on the New Year's situation, there should be benefits during festivals as well, enough to cover daily expenses. If not, he can exchange spiritual stones, with one spiritual stone being equivalent to eight hundred taels of silver, which easily solves the problem.

"Alright then, take care."

"Take care, brother." Jiang Ping stood up and bowed.

After Li Henian completely left, Zhong Yan looked at his wife apologetically and said, "Ping'er, I'm sorry for making you suffer."

In this world, it is very serious for a woman to be unable to bear children, and she will inevitably be looked down upon and despised.

Jiang Ping smiled gently and said, "Ping'er doesn't care about others' opinions. It's all up to my husband's decision."

...

The next day.

In the stone chamber of the Zhong Mansion for cultivation.

Zhong Yan silently broke through, unlike the previous breakthroughs in talisman-making and realm advancement, there was no inexplicable surge of power, only a deeper understanding of the "Heavenly Fire Technique" in his mind.

He quickly looked at the panel.

[Name: Zhong Yan]

[Age: 40]

[Realm: Qi Refining Fourth Layer (47/90000)]

[Cultivation Technique: "Heavenly Fire Technique" (Primary Level 0/2000)]

[Occupation: Talisman-making (Rank One Middle Grade 352/10000)]

"..." Zhong Yan frowned, his lips tightly pressed together.

The experience points required for advancing from entry level to primary level in the cultivation technique only decreased by ten thousand.

Still needing ninety thousand!

No matter how hard he worked and cultivated, it would still take decades to break through to the next layer.

Although he had expected this, he still held a glimmer of hope in his heart.

Now seeing this result, it truly made him utterly disappointed.

This was only the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, and the realms beyond would be even more difficult.

Moreover, the older one gets, the lower the probability of successfully building the foundation.

"What use is such a system?"

"In the end, it's because my aptitude is too poor..."

Zhong Yan muttered, a bitter smile on his lips. The hope was given, but it was impossible to achieve, and the contrast between before and after was even harder to accept.

His mood remained low for two days.

Zhong Yan focused his mind, diligently making talismans during the day, and studying the "Startling the Heart of a Lady" with his wife at night, hoping to awaken new changes in the system panel.

Until all the materials in his hands were exhausted, the experience points continued to steadily increase without any changes.

At this point.

Zhong Yan completely gave up, letting out a long sigh in his heart.

"Perhaps, the only thing that can cause a change in the system is marrying a woman with spiritual roots."

But women with spiritual roots are not easy to come by.

Either snatch them.

Or... the Sun Spring Market has special establishments for cultivators to enjoy, with a large number of female cultivators inside.

This thought emerged and couldn't be dispelled from his mind.

In the end, reason triumphed over impulse.

It is said that those establishments are like a gold mine, costing dozens or even hundreds of spirit stones, and they are addictive. Each female cultivator knows various seduction techniques and poses that make people unable to resist.

There are countless low-level independent cultivators who have fallen into depravity due to their obsession with these establishments, even worse than ordinary people's gambling addiction.

"Forget it..."

Zhong Yan remembered the Lantern Festival gathering and the matters regarding the "Wangyi City Fang Family Establishing a Clan" and "Yang Yanqing Planning to Establish a Clan."

After much consideration, his gaze became resolute again, and he made a decision in his heart, to establish a clan!

"Do my best!"

After tidying up the talismans on the table, Zhong Yan strode out of the cultivation chamber.

"Ping'er!"

"Hmm!"

Jiang Ping stopped his movements, tied a sword flower to his back, and his black martial attire looked quite heroic.